{"id":85099,"date":"2024-01-01T02:00:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T07:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=85099"},"modified":"2023-12-31T09:39:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T14:39:59","slug":"the-largest-telescope-that-will-ever-be-built","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2024\/01\/01\/the-largest-telescope-that-will-ever-be-built\/","title":{"rendered":"The largest telescope that will ever be built*"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QqRREz0iBes?si=mEkUrgJvYd6sjFn1\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Tom Scott<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 2 Oct 2023<\/p>\n<p>The asterisk is important.<br \/>\n\u25a0 More on the ELT: @ESOobservatory <a href=\"https:\/\/eso.org\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/eso.org<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The Extremely Large Telescope, in Paranal, Chile, is probably going to be the largest optical telescope that will ever be constructed. I was invited out there by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council and the European Southern Observatory, and I wasn&#8217;t going to turn down a chance like that.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf0 DISCLAIMER<br \/>\nWhile the STFC and ESO invited me and arranged the logistics after arrival into the Antofagasta region, I was not paid for this (not even my travel costs) and I have sole editorial control over the video. This is not an advert.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p> \u25a0 AD: \ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83d\udcbb NordVPN&#8217;s best deal is here: https:\/\/nordvpn.com\/tomscott &#8211; with a 30-day money-back guarantee. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc65 CREDITS<br \/>\nEditor: Michelle Martin <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrsmmartin\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrsmmartin<\/a><br \/>\nScript assistant: Laura Conlon<br \/>\nAudio mix: Graham Haerther and Manni Simon at Standard Studios<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Alex Fyans, Hannah Conduit, and William Taylor from STFC; to Francisco Rodr\u00edguez, Juan Carlos, and Michele Cirasuolo from ESO; and to everyone I met at Paranal!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\uddbc IMAGE CREDITS<br \/>\nImages and footage from ESO is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbG1tZnpxTDZMT2NIVUxuN21CSXU0bmVabEJWd3xBQ3Jtc0trbi0tMkx2cmVHOVRWTU9WVkFULWtVXzdHVjNaSlJ6RDRvMElJQmtLVFRIZEJ3VXZXM1BnMno4dFNCM2ZiZEdHZmxkZkY5VUpvdG9uWjd4dWpNMmxfT3R6bTJNaDMxRGpmN0d2dUtnN2c1cW9MTEI3NA&#038;q=http%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2Fby%2F4.0%2F&#038;v=QqRREz0iBes\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/b&#8230;<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa1ZMY05LWXZDQkx6MGczcUc3MEN4bUZOVjhCd3xBQ3Jtc0tuaHVfZ1A2TXhQQVlWZGhtRUF6OXdNbmdnUm1LMXRUaktYRWgzRFBhcTlSaFBWMGZWS3J5RzgtTEx2T0pkeVVxN3BBQnlRaVE1SzZhT3B6SWlWQmI5Q2QydXM0VmpyUWxfdTdncjVlVHVKUTJqWWRGQQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eso.org%2Fpublic%2Foutreach%2Fcopyright%2F&#038;v=QqRREz0iBes\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/outreach\/c&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>First image of an exoplanet: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa3NGeVc3cnZXYnJuRlFITTQ3N2h0aEUtUWs4UXxBQ3Jtc0tuN3pUdU5mQmxxRllVd0g1VmdEUk8xX2tGdXM3eXhPeGFNeGVwak9fZTNTcW5qZWFqZXg5MHdzeWt6VS1RQ2xhTHZzY01tRVV6anBFRzRwWFY3ajBpbkt2dTlpeXAtT1JkbHZPbWdKRnpFbWhwa3p0NA&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eso.org%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F26a_big-vlt%2F&#038;v=QqRREz0iBes\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/images\/26a&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nStars orbiting the supermassive black hole: https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/australia\/&#8230;<br \/>\nVLT light path: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbWdnQnctMzZtMUZOSjRBM2xqSjhDZWp2QTBXUXxBQ3Jtc0trT0FZZTQ3eE1rU3FEejdSVUNEcUtJOUxsaEtzd1ROR1MtNVFuQkx5UnFUd2JPY1dGRTA2WHNGOUVhaTl4em5WZW9rb09DcENESEFqalNYVHUzYzYwUkxCZlAtNjJQbXlPVnlaOUJaWjZzNjJUMElzSQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eso.org%2Fpublic%2Fvideos%2FLightPath-VLT2021%2F&#038;v=QqRREz0iBes\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/videos\/Lig&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nVLTI delay lines: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa3p5OGo2UDU0LTlqcUMxTXNtNEVyVjdfM20tQXxBQ3Jtc0ttOEdHS043VE80Vm9ZUjlxWE1LMnozb2F1VE54eWY0eVU2akl2WktMeFk4Mk9xSFM3NHdLTEVyc3kyc3RpSmJYeFJCcFBRVUs4WDhrLTRaaWk3ZTZCN0tYNkE2VzR1c3FXUmdMS0tjcHBtOHl2Q01WWQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eso.org%2Fpublic%2Fvideos%2Fesocast13%2F&#038;v=QqRREz0iBes\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/videos\/eso&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nELT render: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbG91b1NpTDBxc0tPclgyRjg4VV8xV3c2UlZNZ3xBQ3Jtc0tuRS1BaGJ0bmoxYjY5Q3ZTTW1UTmtZYWY0LTVMVmlWX2s3LU94eU80TjZWNkQya1VLcVFpUlBESExvSUJ1QkhYVnNTUlZRWERNUm1nR1EzRm1QVjRnN1d1WEg2blhUZjhwNFU5ZmFRdEhRaENuSVhMTQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eso.org%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Felt-fulldome-1_cc%2F&#038;v=QqRREz0iBes\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/images\/elt&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfd PREVIOUS VIDEOS<br \/>\nPreviously, in Arecibo:    \u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=d3WiRunOsWY\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">How The Arecibo Telescope Could Help &#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nand in Parkes:    \u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6o38C-ultvw\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I took a ride on a moving radio teles&#8230;<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m at <a href=\"https:\/\/tomscott.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/tomscott.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomscott\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomscott<\/a><\/p>\n<p>and on Instagram as tomscottgo<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Scott Published 2 Oct 2023 The asterisk is important. \u25a0 More on the ELT: @ESOobservatory https:\/\/eso.org The Extremely Large Telescope, in Paranal, Chile, is probably going to be the largest optical telescope that will ever be constructed. 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